RESIDENTS spent almost two hours shivering on a street corner when they were evacuated from their homes after a gas leak. Police, ambulance and fire crews were all put on stand-by following the escape from a factory unit yesterday tea-time. Owen Street
CEMENT company bosses have unveiled plans to transform a massive quarry into a sailing lake and country park...in about 45 years. Castle Cement has permission to mine limestone from the 107-hectare Lanehead site near Chatburn until well into the next
THE chase could be about to hot up for Blackburn Rovers utility player Paul Warhurst, with Birmingham City now confirming their interest. Both Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers have asked Rovers about the possibility of taking Warhurst on loan. But
SHOKAT Ali is in action in the Embassy world snooker championship qualifiers at Blackpool today when he meets Craig MacGillivary in the fifth round. The Pakistan captain from Accrington is confident of making progress in the event and advancing to the
THE Lancashire League have launched a working party which could change the face of local cricket in the next century. The working party will be headed by Peter West, consisting of chairmen, players and secretaries. They will analyse the overall structure
THE television debate on the monarchy ended with a phone-in poll indicating that a significant proportion of the British public wants to retain the Royal Family. However, this much-publicised extravaganza had very little to do with democratic debate.
UP TO 50 new jobs and a 30-bedroom motel may be created if plans to extend and refurbish Martholme Grange get the go-ahead. The £750,000 proposed alterations for the Altham cabaret venue have been revealed by Mr Brian Hart, one of the new directors who
A DELEGATION from Lancashire have held top level talks with a Government minister to plead the county's case for extra cash. Louise Ellman, leader of Lancashire County Council, headed the all-party group in London which met local government minister David
A SCHOOL praised by inspectors in a report wants to become "self-monitoring." Waterfoot Primary School, Rossendale, has described the Ofsted report as a "triumph" after it was said to have many good features and provide a positive learning environment
BURNLEY today cast off some of its redundancy gloom - with news that up to 90 jobs are on their way to town. Council bosses, still reeling from this week's sacking of more than 200 workers at the stricken Prestige factory, announced that another new firm
A CONVICTED conman has been banned from working for two children's aid charities after the Lancashire Evening Telegraph exposed him for giving false details about his past. Former Blackburn man David Mercer said he was a retired psychology lecturer from
CASTLE Cement could be burning more controversial fuels at its Clitheroe plant once a clean-up system is installed. The news brought gasps and jeers from environment campaigners in the public gallery at a meeting of the Ribble Valley community committee
TWO teenage girls stole a camera from a vicar after taking refuge in his home, pretending to be penniless and stranded. The girls, aged about 16 and 14, told Rev Michael Ratcliffe they had travelled to Oswaldtwistle from Kendal to visit their grandmother
BURNLEY Football Club today faced the double whammy of losing BOTH Adrian Heath and assistant John Ward. Spanish giants Espanol want Adrian Heath as their new club coach. And Second Division strugglers Notts County have targeted Ward as their new boss
HEALTH officials have written off their chances of finding the source of the E.coli outbreak in Pendle. Prompt action prevented further spread of the food poisoning outbreak and kept the number and seriousness of the cases low. It also made the chances
RONNIE Baxter aims for a place in the quarter finals of the Embassy world darts championship tonight when he faces Mervyn King at the Lakeside in Frimley Green. Baxter, from Church, had his finest run in the Embassy last year when he reached the quarter
LOTTERY hopefuls at Burnley Youth Theatre have just a few months to wait to see if their plans have unlocked a fortune. The arts council assessor Stephen Cashman cited nine reasons why he thinks the theatre's dreams should be backed including the strong
EAST Lancashire has become a greener, cleaner place, thanks to the efforts of hordes of environment superheroes during 1996. Grimebusters young and old have been busy protecting and improving their surroundings on all fronts throughout the year. And the
LONG-SERVING staff at Altham's Travel Services Ltd received gifts from the company and colleagues. Chairman and managing director Mr Eddie Starkie has completed 40 years' service with the Burnley-based company. And the company's longest serving employee
BURNLEY'S number two John Ward is as red-hot choice for the vacant Notts County post. Sources at Meadow Lane today say County have made Ward their number one target - ahead of Brian Laws, Archie Gemmill and John McGovern. But my information suggests that
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has welcomed news that Germany is set to fully commit itself to the Euro fighter project. The futuristic war plane is vital to thousands of jobs in British Aerospace's military aircraft factories in Lancashire and suppliers throughout
CHURCH members are thanking an icy piece of "divine intervention" for preventing a cherished chalice being lost forever. The small brass object was hurled into the nearby Leeds and Liverpool Canal by burglars who broke into Woodlands United Reformed Church
SHAY Given has put in a transfer request. But the Republic of Ireland goalkeeper is still unlikely to leave Blackburn Rovers before the end of the season when his contract expires. Ewood chairman Robert Coar confirmed today that he had received an official
AN early warning smoke alarm saved a man's life after a blaze broke out at his Accrington home early today. David Evans was asleep when the alarm went off at his terraced home in Chester Street. Clothes left to dry on a maiden in front of a gas fire had
TWO MPs have expressed their concern over a decision to postpone a series of operations for patients. Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust bosses said they were forced to suspend the 'non-urgent' operations because of the exceptional level
BOLTON Wanderers are ready to test the resilience of the Crazy Gang - and test it to the limit! And the Premiership-chasing Wanderers believe they can complete a hat-trick of Premiership scalps by emerging victorious in tonight's Coca Cola Cup quarter-final
